Better Off Dead - Elton John
Refer to recording for intro, bridge, and outro rhythms.
INTRO:
Ab/CDbF/ABbmFGbAb/CDb
(2x)
VERSE
DbGbDb
There was a face on a hoarding that someone had drawn on
GbDb/F
And just enough time for the night to pass by without warning
EbAbGb
Away in the distance there's a blue flashing light
BbmAbDb
Someone's in trouble somewhere tonight
Gb/DbDbAbGb
As the flickering neon stands ready to fuse
Gb/DbDbAbBbm
The wind blows away all of yesterday's news
Ab/CDbF/ABbmFGbAb/CDb
VERSE
DbGbDb
Well they've locked up their daughters and they battened the hatches
GbDb/F
They always could find us but they never could catch us
EbAbGb
Through the grease streaked windows of an all night cafe
BbmAbDb
We watched the arrested get taken away
Gb/DbDbAbGb
And that cigarette haze has ecology beat
Gb/DbDbAbBbm Bbmsus4 Bbm
As the whores and the drunks filed in from the street
CHORUS
FF/AF/CFBbmBbm/Ab
'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the fire
GbAbDb
If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired
FF/AF/CFBbmBbm/Ab
If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side
EbmAbDb
Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died
BRIDGE:
Ab/CDbF/ABbmFGbAb/CDb
(x2)
INSTRUMENTAL VERSE - VOICE "OOH/AH"
DbGbDbDbGbDb/FEbAbGbBbmAbDbGb/DbDbAbGbGb/DbDbAbGbBbm Bbmsus4 Bbm
CHORUS
FF/AF/CFBbmBbm/Ab
'Cause the steam's in the boiler the coal's in the fire
GbAbDb
If you ask how I am then I'll just say inspired
FF/AF/CFBbmBbm/Ab
If the thorn of a rose is the thorn in your side
EbmAbDb
Then you're better off dead if you haven't yet died
OUTRO:
Ab/CDbF/ABbmFGbAb/CDb
(x2)
Ab/CDb
Better off dead
F/ABbm
Better off dead
Db/FGb
Better off dead
Ab/CDb
Better off dead (x2)